Washington, 19th June (IANS): As a shocked America mourned the killing of nine people in a historic black church, President Barack Obama said the US must eventually reckon with all too frequent mass shootings and gun violence.

Washington, 19th June (IANS): Shock and anger engulfed America as police nabbed a white young man who killed nine people at a historic black church in Charleston in South Carolina, saying he was there "to shoot black people".

Kathmandu, 18th June (IANS): In a major step towards sub-regional cooperation that is bound to have far-reaching consequences in terms of economic development and security, four Saarc nations - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) - will start unhindered vehicular movement between them from September this year.